判例法

判例法（英語：case law），就是以個案判例的形式表現出的法律規範，以遵循先例的法律原則作為其建立的基礎。簡單而言，作為判例的先例對其後的案件具有法律約束力，可以成為日後法官審判類似案件的基本準則。當然，法院有上級和下級之分，例如原訟庭（英語：trial court）(court of first instance)先前的判例無法約束上訴法庭的判決。英美法系以判例法為主要的法律淵源，以遵循先例為主要的司法審判原則。但在現今一些歐陸法系國家司法體制中，亦將判例法當作一種司法裁量上的輔助標準，且多為其上級法院與下級法院默認下的習慣。^[1]^[2]

參考文獻

^ Garner, Bryan A. A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage 2nd, revised. New York: Oxford University Press. 2001: 177. In modern usage, common law is contrasted with a number of other terms. First, in denoting the body of judge-made law based on that developed in England… [P]erhaps most commonly within Anglo-American jurisdictions, common law is contrasted with statutory law ...
^ Black's Law Dictionary - Common law 10th. 2014: 334. 1. The body of law derived from judicial decisions, rather than from statutes or constitutions; CASE LAW [contrast to] STATUTORY LAW.

參見

判決先例
成文法
羅根法案（英語：Logan Act）(Logan Act/羅根法)
訴因制度(訴因（日語：訴因）)

外部連結

interactive database of European judgments of national courts in the EU（頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）

[GarnerUsageDef0-1] Garner, Bryan A. A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage 2nd, revised. New York: Oxford University Press. 2001: 177. In modern usage, common law is contrasted with a number of other terms. First, in denoting the body of judge-made law based on that developed in England… [P]erhaps most commonly within Anglo-American jurisdictions, common law is contrasted with statutory law ...

[Blacks10thDef1-2] Black's Law Dictionary - Common law 10th. 2014: 334. 1. The body of law derived from judicial decisions, rather than from statutes or constitutions; CASE LAW [contrast to] STATUTORY LAW.

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